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I was a vegetarian for a total of about 3.5 years. I chose vegetarian to be cruelty free and also in an effort to improve my health and decrease my weight. Being cruelty free is a total plus, and I lost a lot of weight, but unfortunately I also lost nearly all of my hair. I didn't know it was my veggie diet until long after I was diagnosed with vitamin deficiencies, and supplements and shots did not restore the vitamins and protein I was not ingesting from meat.
Soy protein is okay, but has additives that I get sick from, usually MSG, so I would not ever eat it.
Reluctantly I went back to eating meat. I still need supplements from the damage done to my system. I am a little heavier than I want to be, but I prefer to have hair and not look sick.
Everyone is different, everyone should not look the same, but even in nature animals rely upon meat to sustain their protein metabolizing bodies. Your body is built to break down protein whether you provide it or not, and it will substitute with your own hair, cartilage, bones if you don't put some into it.

And NO, it ain't because I give a flying fuck about the animals. However, I do give a shit about my health and what I put in my body!
People care more for what type of fuel they put in their cars, than what type of "fuel" they put in their bodies these days!!

I've never felt better physically - Have not touched meat for the past 5+ yrs. Have ran three marathons since, and not too shabby of a time either

Even if meat is somehow completely unhealthy, I'd rather have 70-80 years in my life of eating the delicious animals than 100 years of munching on leaves.

I'm not a vegetarian (I rarely buy meat to cook at home, and most of my meals at home are meatless, but I'll eat what other people serve me, and I'll eat meat sometimes when I go out to eat or share with friends), but when people say things like this, it makes me really sad that the person hasn't had really good meatless food As someone said in this thread, meat itself doesn't even have much flavor - you have to season the crap out of it. There are meals that are only saved with some meat, but there are even more meals that simply don't need meat because they're so delicious as they are. One of the best burgers I've ever had was made without meat. And no, it wasn't soy or tofu. :P

It is sad when people think that all vegetarians eat is leaves and a few vegetables.

I used to love meat when I ate it, but I don't miss it at all anymore, because what I eat now is great, and I'm not missing out. A lot of the different meals I eat now way outdo anything with meat. And besides, these days there are so many meat substitutes that it barely makes much difference (although I prefer to eat homemade meals).
Even my mom says that since I became vegetarian, it has really opened up a lot of new meals to her, and she would happily eat a vegetarian meal over the usual roast chicken most days.

I have this great distaste for handling raw meat, so I rarely cook with meat at all. Not to mention, it has an incredibly short shelf life. One of the greatest burgers I've ever had was a black bean burger(no meat). Soooooooooooo good. I make a ton of foods at home with eggs and beans and such for protein. Nom nom nom.

I do, however, love me some bacon. Don't think I could live without it. I have yet to find a suitable substitute.

Originally Posted by Little_Miss_1565

Or what? Or you'll leave as soon as someone returns your rudeness and delete all your posts? I'm so scared.